Here’s what you need to know about the ring of fire eclipse, where you can see it and how to protect your eyes.
A bright, blazing border will appear around the moon for as much as five minutes, wowing sky gazers along a narrow path stretching from Oregon to BrazilWe will be carrying NASA's live streaming view of the eclipse at the top of this article beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT
As the moon lines up precisely between Earth and the sun, it will blot out all but the sun’s outer rim. A bright, blazing border will appear around the moon for as much as five minutes, wowing skygazerstotal solar eclipse that will sweep across Mexico, the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada From there, the ring of fire will cross Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and, finally, Brazil before its grand finale over the Atlantic.
NASA will provide a livestream of the eclipse that we will carry atop this article beginning at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PTBe sure to use safe, certified solar eclipse glasses, Lockwood stressed. Sunglasses aren't enough to prevent eye damage. Proper protection is needed throughout the eclipse, from the initial partial phase to the ring of fire to the final partial phase.
It will be 2039 before another ring of fire is visible in the U.S., and Alaska will be the only state then in the path of totality. And it will be 2046 before another ring of fire crosses into the U.S. Lower 48. That doesn't mean they won't be happening elsewhere: The southernmost tip of South America will get one next October, and Antarctica in 2026.NASA and others plan a slew of observations during both eclipses, with rockets and hundreds of balloons soaring.
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